o.vad.yah is a proper personal name used for individuals in genealogies, official lists, narrative, and a vision heading.

The attested form functions as a proper personal name: it identifies people in genealogical and administrative lists, names a figure in the Ahab narrative, and stands in the heading of a vision. The supplied verses do not show a separate lexical use apart from naming persons.

1. Personal name in lists, narrative, and a vision heading · dominant

   Every supplied occurrence is tagged Noun · Proper. In 1 Chronicles 7:3 the APB renders the name among Izrahiah’s sons; in 1 Kings 18:3 it names the person Ahab called and describes as over the house; and in Obadiah 1:1 the APB renders the clause “The vision of Obadiah.”

   1 Chronicles 7:31 Chronicles 9:161 Kings 18:32 Chronicles 17:7Ezra 8:9Obadiah 1:1

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB generally presents the proper name as “Obadiah” in genealogies, lists, narrative, and the vision heading. In Nehemiah 10:6, the supplied APB line lists other names without displaying a corresponding English name, so the translation does not consistently expose every occurrence.